26 (Bloomberg) -- Sprint Nextel Corp.'s stock has more than doubled this year and its cash is near a six-year high, paving the way for an acquisition that could strengthen its efforts to challenge AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless.

Sprint's osprey problem is only the latest entanglement between big birds and big business. In 2004, the country's largest nuclear plant was knocked ... 12, Sprint Chief Financial Officer Joseph Euteneuer went back and forth with Bank of America ...

By the end of this year, Sprint's LTE network is expected to cover 40 percent of the U.S. population. By comparison, AT&T Inc.'s network is set to cover 48 percent and Verizon Wireless plans to cover 84 percent.

Similarly, he said the DOJ's earlier declaration that AT&T Inc.'s attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA Inc. would harm competition was "embarrassingly confronted" by a rise in the stock price of Sprint Nextel Corp., an AT&T rival. If the deal truly harmed ...